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Diego Palomeque

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Diego Palomeque
Palomeque(right)in 2019
Personal information
Full nameDiego Armando Palomeque Echavarría
NationalityColombia
Born(1993-12-05)5 December 1993(age 30)
Apartadó,Antioquia
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight67 kg (148 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
EventSprints
Achievements and titles
Personalbest(s)100 m:10.11 (Asunción2017)
200 m:20.32 (Medellín 2017)
400 m:45.25 (Medellín 2016)
Medal record
Men'sathletics
RepresentingColombia
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2019 Lima 4×400 m relay
South American Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Lima 100 m
Gold medal – first place 2017 Asunción 100 m
Silver medal – second place 2015 Lima 200 m
Silver medal – second place 2011 Buenos Aires 4×400 m relay
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Lima 4×100 m relay
South American Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2011 Medellín 200 m
Silver medal – second place 2011 Medellín 100 m
Silver medal – second place 2011 Medellín 4×100 m relay
Silver medal – second place 2011 Medellín 4×400 m relay
South American Youth Championships
Silver medal – second place 2010 Santiago 400 m
Updated on 8 July 2024
In thisSpanish name,the first or paternalsurnameisPalomequeand the second or maternal family name isEchavarría.

Diego Armando Palomeque Echavarría(born 5 December 1993 inApartadó,Antioquia)[1]is a Colombiansprinter.

Career

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He tiedAldemir da Silva Juniorfor the200 metrestitle at the2011 South American Junior Championships in Athletics.[2]

On 28 April 2012, Palomeque broke the Colombian National Junior Record in the 400 metres with 45.62, thereby also meeting the 'B'-Standard to qualify for the2012 Summer Olympics.[3]He was initially suspended and later excluded from the games after testing positive for exogenoustestosterone.[4] He was banned for two years between 12.08.2012 and 11.08.2014.[5]

He competed at the2020 Summer Olympics.[6]

Personal bests

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  • 100 m:10.11 s(wind: +1.9 m/s)–ParaguayAsunción,23 June 2017
  • 200 m:20.32 s(wind: +0.5 m/s)–ColombiaMedellín,11 June 2017
  • 400 m:45.25 sA–ColombiaMedellín,30 April 2016

Achievements

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Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
RepresentingColombia
2010 South American Youth Championships Santiago,Chile 2nd 400 m 47.89
2011 South American Championships Buenos Aires,Argentina 2nd 4 × 400 m relay 3:09.67
Pan American Junior Championships Miramar, Florida,United States 4th 400 m 48.30
South American Junior Championships Medellín,Colombia 2nd 100 m 10.45A(0.0 m/s)
1st 200 m 20.94A(0.0 m/s)
2nd 4 × 100 m relay 40.08A
2nd 4 × 400 m relay 3:08.71A
2012 Ibero-American Championships Barquisimeto,Venezuela 5th 400 m 46.52
World Junior Championships Barcelona, Spain 30th (h) 400 m 47.55
2014 Pan American Sports Festival Ciudad de México,México 8th 100 m 10.51A(-1.3 m/s)
9th (h) 200 m 21.09A(-0.6 m/s)
South American Under-23 Championships Montevideo,Uruguay 3rd 200 m 21.02(+1.4 m/s)
3rd 4 × 400 m relay 3:11.95
Central American and Caribbean Games Xalapa,México 3rd (h) 100 m 10.45A(-0.7 m/s)
3rd 4 × 400 m relay 3:02.52A
2015 South American Championships Lima,Peru 1st 100m 10.40(-1.1 m/s)
2nd 200m 21.15(0.0 m/s)
3rd 4 × 100 m relay 40.80
2017 World Championships London,United Kingdom 41st (h) 100 m 10.45
12th (h) 4 × 400 m relay 3:03.68
Bolivarian Games Santa Marta, Colombia 2nd 100 m 10.31
2nd 4 × 100 m relay 39.58
2018 South American Games Cochabamba, Bolivia 7th 100 m 10.39
– 200 m DNF
1st 4 × 100 m relay 38.97
1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:04.78
Central American and Caribbean Games Barranquilla, Colombia 10th (h) 100 m 10.311
6th 4 × 100 m relay 39.17
3rd 4 × 400 m relay 3:04.35
2019 World Relays Yokohama, Japan 8th (B) 4 × 400 m relay 3:07.52
South American Championships Lima, Peru 3rd 100 m 10.47
3rd 4 × 100 m relay 39.94
1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:04.04
Pan American Games Lima, Peru 21st (h) 100 m 10.65
1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:01.41
World Championships Doha, Qatar 4th 4 × 400 m relay 2:59.50
2021 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 13th (h) 4 × 400 m relay 3:03.20

1Did not start in the semifinals

References

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  1. ^ HOJA DE VIDA(PDF)(in Spanish),Colombian Olympic Committee,retrievedMay 17,2013
  2. ^"iaaf.org - International Association of Athletics Federations".Archived fromthe originalon 2012-08-27.
  3. ^"Diego Palomeque se clasifico a Juegos Olimpicos".Hora 13 Noticias(in Spanish). 30 April 2012. Archived fromthe originalon 2012-06-18.
  4. ^"IOC DISCIPLINARY COMMISSION DECISION REGARDING DIEGO PALOMEQUE ECHAVARRIA"(PDF).IOC. 2012-08-12.Retrieved2012-09-17.
  5. ^ Diego Armando Palomeque - Colombia,Tilastopaja Oy, Littoinen, Finland,retrievedDecember 11,2014
  6. ^"Athletics PALOMEQUE Diego".Tokyo 2020 Olympics.Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games.Archived fromthe originalon 2021-08-06.Retrieved2021-08-29.
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